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Current Regulation of Air Carriers' Liability and Compensation Issues in Domestic Air Carriage in Nigeria Adejoke O Journal of Air Law and Commerce Volume 81 | Issue 1 Article 2 2016 Current Regulation of Air Carriers' Liability and Compensation Issues in Domestic Air Carriage in Nigeria Adejoke O. Adediran Nigerian Institute of Advance Legal Studies Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.smu.edu/jalc Recommended Citation Adejoke O. Adediran, Current Regulation of Air Carriers' Liability and Compensation Issues in Domestic Air Carriage in Nigeria, 81 J. Air L. & Com. 3 (2016) https://scholar.smu.edu/jalc/vol81/iss1/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at SMU Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Air Law and Commerce by an authorized administrator of SMU Scholar. For more information, please visit http://digitalrepository.smu.edu. CURRENT REGULATION OF AIR CARRIERS’ LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION ISSUES IN DOMESTIC AIR CARRIAGE IN NIGERIA ADEJOKE O. ADEDIRAN* ABSTRACT Air carriage forms a large percentage of movement within Ni- geria, as it has been the safest, fastest, and most reliable means of transportation within the country. Intermittent air accidents and flight delays—without appropriate compensation—are some of the problems facing air carriage with respect to cus- tomer satisfaction. Although the legal regime of liability seeks to protect, at least to a certain extent, air passengers and third par- ties, a good number of persons affected by air carriage are una- ware of their rights and the obligations of air carriers during air carriages. This, and the dearth of sufficient academic research in this area, has made this topic worthy of consideration. This article examines the regime of liability of air carriers as well as compensation in domestic air carriage in Nigeria. This article reviews the current legal regime and determines how it can effectively accommodate and alleviate impediments to pro- tect passengers and third parties. This article finds that there is a need for domestic legislation to exhaustively address liability in air carriages, generally, and insurance on aviation issues. I. INTRODUCTION IR TRANSPORTATION CONTRIBUTES immensely to “Aglobal economic growth,” as the civil aviation industry fa- cilitates economy, trade, and tourism.1 Air transportation has * Adejoke O. Adediran, LL.M, B.L., is a research fellow in the International Law department at the Nigerian Institute of Advance Legal Studies in Abuja, Nigeria. She researches in the area of aviation law and policy. 1 Adejoke O. Adediran, States’ Responsibility Concerning International Civil Avia- tion Safety: Lessons From the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 Air Crash, 14 ISSUES IN AVIATION L. & POL’Y 313, 316 (2015). 3 4 JOURNAL OF AIR LAW AND COMMERCE [81 become a primary means of common carriage in Nigeria, espe- cially owing to natural factors such as the large size of the coun- try and the topography.2 With the mishaps associated with domestic air carriages, experts projected that Nigeria’s domestic air travel figures for 2013 would drop significantly from 2012 figures.3 Some experts “suggest[ed] that the case might be simi- lar or worse for 2014 if nothing [was] done to address the local aviation sectors [sic] problems.”4 The domestic air travel figures dropped in 2012;5 however, they increased in 2014.6 A total of 10,074,528 passengers traveled domestically in 2013.7 That num- ber increased to a total of 10,681,165 in 2014.8 This reveals the essence of air travel within Nigeria and it is therefore necessary that the regime of liability adequately secures the interests of passengers and third parties. This article discusses domestic air carriage only as it relates to carriage of persons, baggage, or cargo by aircraft for reward on scheduled flights.9 Next, the article examines the liability of air 2 S.I. Ladan, An Analysis of Air Transportation in Nigeria, 10 J. RES. NAT’L DEV. 230, 230 (2012). 3 Nigeria’s Air Travel Figures Expected to Drop Significantly,GLOB. TRAVEL INDUS. NEWS (Jan. 1, 2014, 10:23 PM), http://www.eturbonews.com/41292/nigeria-s-air- travel-figures-expected-drop-significantly [https://perma.cc/YTN5-BAVH]. 4 Id. 5 This was due to the air accident involving Dana Airline in June 2012. See ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BUREAU NIGERIA, AIB REPORT NO: DANA/2012/06/03/ INTR/03 (2015), http://www.aib.gov.ng/publication.php [https://perma.cc/ TK6M-5RQC]. 6 NAT’L BUREAU OF STATISTICS,NIGERIAN AVIATION SECTOR,SUMMARY REPORT OF PASSENGER TRAFFIC: 2010–13 AND Q1, 2014 (2014), http://www.nigerianstat. gov.ng/nbslibrary/searchdoc [https://perma.cc/RCP6-AZ58] [hereinafter NAT’L BUREAU OF STATISTICS,SUMMARY REPORT: 2010–13 AND Q1, 2014]. 7 NAT’L BUREAU OF STATISTICS,NIGERIAN AVIATION SECTOR,SUMMARY REPORT: Q4, 2014 TO Q1, 2015 (2015), http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/nbslibrary/search doc [https://perma.cc/RCP6-AZ58] [hereinafter NAT’L BUREAU OF STATISTICS, SUMMARY REPORT: Q4, 2014 TO Q1, 2015]. 8 NAT’L BUREAU OF STATISTICS,SUMMARY REPORT: 2010–13 AND Q1, 2014, supra note 6; NAT’L BUREAU OF STATISTICS,SUMMARY REPORT: Q4, 2014 TO Q1, 2015, supra note 7; NAT’L BUREAU OF STATISTICS,NIGERIAN AVIATION SECTOR,SUMMARY REPORT: Q2–Q3, 2014 (2015), http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/nbslibrary/search doc [https://perma.cc/RCP6-AZ58]. 9 This article only discusses liability in relation to commercial flights. This is in line with the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (Montreal Convention) signed at Montreal on May 28, 1999, which is a major international convention governing aviation liability. Its scope of application encompasses only carriage for reward. See Convention for the Unifica- tion of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air art. 1, opened for signature May 28, 1999, T.I.A.S. 13038, 2242 U.N.T.S. 350 [hereinafter Montreal Convention]. 2016] LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION IN NIGERIA 5 carriers10 to passengers and to third parties as it relates to death and bodily injury; damage to personal property or cargo; delay of persons, baggage, or cargo; cancellation of flights; denied boarding; and damage to third persons on the ground. First, this article briefly discusses the liability regime in inter- national civil aviation and its applicability to Nigeria because this forms the basis of the liability regime in Nigeria. Next, this arti- cle examines the legal regime of aviation liability and compensa- tion in Nigeria. Under this subheading, this article examines the legal framework presently in place. It explores legislation that is not based on aviation but on which aviation claims can be made. Tort law, criminal law, and contract law in Nigeria are examined to the extent that they impose liability on damage for injury. The article also examines the victim compensation regime in the event of accident, flight delay, denied boarding, cancelled flights, and damage to third parties. The challenges of existing legislation on liability are brought to light in determining the need for reform. II. THE LIABILITY REGIME IN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION AND ITS APPLICABILITY TO NIGERIA Aviation liability has been a concern since the inception of international civil aviation.11 The inevitability of hazards occur- ring during air movements has brought about a regime of liabil- ity.12 The aim of this regime is to protect passengers on board as well as third parties on the ground.13 It covers the liability of air carriers to passengers and third parties14 and, through various international instruments, apportions liability and provides com- pensation for victims of mishaps.15 10 See Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations (2015), pt. 19.1.2.1(2) (“Air carrier means an enterprise that engages in provision of transportation services by air- craft for remuneration or hire. [T]he words ‘Air Carrier’ and ‘Airline’ are used interchangeably.”). 11 International conventions on liability came about as a result of the desire to establish a uniform body of aviation rules that supersede conflicting domestic laws. See James David Simpson, Jr., Air Carriers’ Liability Under the Warsaw Conven- tion After Franklin Mint v. TWA, 40 WASH. & LEE L. REV. 1463, 1463–64 (1983); see also Andrea L. Buff, Reforming the Liability Provisions of the Warsaw Convention: Does the IATA Intercarrier Agreement Eliminate the Need to Amend the Convention?, 20 FORD- HAM INT’L L.J. 1768, 1768 (1997). 12 See generally Montreal Convention, supra note 9, art. 1. 13 Id. 14 Id. 15 Id. 6 JOURNAL OF AIR LAW AND COMMERCE [81 Nigeria is a state that is party to a number of these interna- tional conventions, and domestication of these conventions is a prerequisite for their applicability in Nigeria.16 National laws in Nigeria have been enacted to accommodate the international conventions governing liability.17 Under Nigeria’s Civil Aviation Repeal and Re-Enactment Act of 2006 (Civil Aviation Act), the conventions regulate not only international flights, but also do- mestic flights.18 A. THE LIABILITY OF AIR OPERATORS TO PASSENGERS The liability of air operators to passengers in international civil aviation is governed by two main instruments: (1) the Con- vention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Interna- tional Carriage by Air, signed in Warsaw on October 12, 1929, otherwise known as the Warsaw Convention;19 and (2) the Con- vention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International 16 See CONSTITUTION OF NIGERIA (1999), § 12 (“(1) No treaty between the Fed- eration and any other country shall have the force of law to the extent to which any such treaty has been enacted into law by the National Assembly.”). 17 See Civil Aviation Repeal and Re-Enactment Act (2006) 93:61 O.G., sched. III, art. 1(1) (Nigeria) [hereinafter Civil Aviation Act (Nigeria)]. 18 Id.; see generally Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air ch.
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